Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb past] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Grigson , is that moving in the direction which you wished to get an answer to your question ? |
| 2 | One of her hobbies was anaesthetics , and she subscribed to an anaesthetists ' journal in which she had seen an advertisement for a chemist who outfitted doctors ' waiting-rooms and surgeries . |
| 3 | When Warner Bros , the company with which she had signed an exclusive long-term contract , squandered her potential during the Thirties in a series of amusing but , for her , unfulfilling potboilers ( eg Fashions of 1934 , The Big Shakedown , Jimmy the Gent , Fog over Frisco ) , she took the unprecedented step of departing for England , where she could continue working outside of American jurisdiction . |
| 4 | A list had already been published ( on April 1 ) of the 22 worst " abusers " of the House bank , those who had run account deficits which exceeded their next month 's pay for 20 per cent of the months in which they had held an account at the bank . |
| 5 | Warner Bros had once again profitably combined instruction and entertainment but as was so often the case it was the way in which they had used an actor that made the movie work in both respects . |
| 6 | But missionaries constantly encountered the idea of an interaction between supernatural power and material prosperity , and the complexity of this idea only served to increase the sensitivity which they needed to make an impact on the discussion . |
| 7 | After two hours of fishing Peter hooked a large eel which he felt had an excellent chance of winning the £100 prize . |
| 8 | He was president of the Newcastle Chemical Society ( 1871–2 ) and a vice-president until 1882 , when it became the Newcastle section of the Society of Chemical Industry , in which he continued to take an active interest . |
| 9 | Current Manager George Thomson said the celebrations had given staff an opportunity to reflect on the Branch 's long history during which it had played an important role in providing financial services to the community . |
| 10 | It is hardly likely that a local authority would grant permission for a development against which it had served an enforcement notice , but it could , of course , attach conditions ; and for the owner there is the usual right of appeal . |
| 11 | Realising that I was piqued by the recognition that I was not singular even in what I had considered an inadequacy , I convicted myself of lack of humility . |
| 12 | It was not only food that was running short ; the Collector was shocked to see how little powder and shot remained the mine , the fougasses , and the firing of chain shot to clear the foliage had seriously depleted what he had considered an ample provision of powder ; if used sparingly it might last for two weeks , but the shot was almost exhausted . |